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Milliard: Noun, coined in the late 18th century because America adopted the French meaning of Billion and the English thought that inventing a new word would make them stop.

Not widely used except for the years between about 1915 and 1980.

#Milliard

Milliard: Noun, coined in the late 18th century because America adopted the French meaning of Billion and the English thought that inventing a new word would make them stop.

Not widely used except for the years between about 1915 and 1980.

#Milliard

Hey grandad, the post-war millieu called, they want their word back!

#Milliard

Hey grandad, the post-war millieu called, they want their word back!

#Milliard

#Milliard

#Milliard

#news ⚡ Länder rechnen mit Milliardenkosten für höhere Beamtenbesoldung: Die Länder müssen in den kommenden Jahren Hunderte Millionen zusätzlich ausgeben, um ihre Beamten nach einem Beschluss des Verfassungs... https://hubu.de/?p=326251 | #beamtenbesoldung #laender #milliard

@h4ckernews
I'm not sure where "Susam" hails from, but, here in the #UK, up until about 1970 a million million was a #billion and a thousand million was pronounced as such. The conflict arose between 10^12 and 10^9 with 1970s' inflation leading to more people (mainly politicians and journalists) wanting to talk about 10^9 and a fad for 'speaking in American' and so #milliard (which had faded maybe a decade or so earlier) was replaced by (the patently wrong) American 'billion' usage. #numbers

This is a million:
1.000.000

This is a thousand million / A milliard:
1.000.000.000

And this is a billion:
1.000.000.000.000

How about we start naming numbers correctly again?

Ursula von der Leyen used the word left me wondering if she was talking about real billions or milliards. If we don't use the crappy imperial system who also shouldn't go along with this shit.

#billionaires #billion #milliard #Musk #Bezos #milliarders #numbers #assholes #europe

This is a million:
1.000.000

This is a thousand million / A milliard:
1.000.000.000

And this is a billion:
1.000.000.000.000

How about we start naming numbers correctly again?

Ursula von der Leyen used the word left me wondering if she was talking about real billions or milliards. If we don't use the crappy imperial system who also shouldn't go along with this shit.

#billionaires #billion #milliard #Musk #Bezos #milliarders #numbers #assholes #europe

#news ⚡ Krankenkassen fordern 50 Milliarden Euro für Klinikumbau: Die gesetzlichen Krankenkassen fordern Milliardenbeträge aus einem möglichen "Sondervermögen" für Infrastrukturinvestitionen.Der im Ra... https://hubu.de/?p=268970 | #euro #klinikumbau #krankenkassen #milliard

#bfn #breakingfakenews #humour #brèves #actualité #davidguiraud #lfi #zéros #milliard

Impertinemment vôtre ! 😜🔔

#bfn #breakingfakenews #humour #brèves #actualité #davidguiraud #lfi #zéros #milliard

Impertinemment vôtre ! 😜🔔

#million vs. #milliard i eit rikingperspektiv.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpVJ2zVUV3A

@timrichards @blogdiva But the British term for 10^9 was #Milliard. What red-blooded American could have put up with that? I would have been happy with the use of Giga- as the root for, say, #Gigillion (preferably pronounced like #Gajillion).

@timrichards @blogdiva But the British term for 10^9 was #Milliard. What red-blooded American could have put up with that? I would have been happy with the use of Giga- as the root for, say, #Gigillion (preferably pronounced like #Gajillion).

@worthuelse @gigabecquerel also interesting in this context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers

#NamingBigNumbers #LongScale #ShortScale #Milliard

@worthuelse @gigabecquerel my son never learned milliard in his British school, it’s been out of use since 1974 according to this article:
https://blog.harwardcommunications.com/2013/05/21/the-difference-between-milliard-and-billion/
Thankfully we were away of this difference in naming the numbers when we moved to Germany when he was 12.
#NamingBigNumbers #LongScale #ShortScale #Milliard

Då har eg offisielt bikka milliarden! Klokka 11:36:40 skjedde det. Eg ble født fyrste joledag 1991.

Neste gong du høyrar om ein milliardær, så kan du hugse at det tok meg nesten 32 år å leve ein milliard sekund.

Hadde eg fått 2 603 kronar* for kvart av dei sekunda eg har levd, så hadde eg hatt omtrent like mykje peng som #ElonMusk.

#Jubileum #NorskTut #NynorskTut #Allheimen #Milliard

* 2023-kronar, ingen inflasjon eller rentar.

Nytar mine siste sekund som ein person yngre enn ein milliard sekund.

#Jubileum #NorskTut #NynorskTut #Allheimen #Milliard

Un #pari à 1 #milliard de dollars sur #Bitcoin $BTC ($BTC) – Cet énorme loup de #Wall #Street révèle qu’il est de la partie https://journalducoin.com/?p=321943